The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-15

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the quarantine station, and any suspects
I coming to town will be sent there.
! r. Ramsey of Philadelphia, President
! of the Okahumkee Improvement Company,
| has been spending few days in Okahurn-
! kee. looking after his company's interests,
and buying land at tax sales.
Mr.. J. D. Lopez, deputy collector of st.
| Augustine, and Miss Minnie Bravo daughter
! of the late Chrystobal Bravo, were married
! Thursday morning The wedding was
quiet one, the bride being in mourning.
! There is not a single solitary loafer in Pine
! Level, says the Times. Every man and boy
/ here has visible means of support hence
/ the quietness of the place, its freedom from
mischief, and the universal cheerfulness of
our citizens.
William P. Eichbaurn, Superintendent of
| the st. Augustine Gas Works, has gone to
his old California home on a visit He will
return in about one month, and during his
/ absence Mr.. Mallory will attend to the du-
| ties of his Office.
Orange county is TO have County Grim
/ inal Court. c. g. Butt and w. r. Ammo
are aspirants for the judgeship. J. G.
Bradshaw, at present deputy clerk OF the
Circuit Court will probably be appointed
clerk of the new court.
| Prof NJ. H. Nisbett, director of the Jack
sonville Home Ministries, was in Palatka
Saturday arranging for the appearance of
| that popular company in Palatka on
| Wednesday evening. The company is made
up of the best talent of Jacksonville.
'We ask Barlow as a personal favor"
| says the Lakeland Cracker, mot to send
any more South Florida refugees to this
town. We have an old man at the quaran-
! tine hospital now who was ordered to move
on from the county seat because he had no
certificate. Let each town harbor its own
unfortunates."
During the past week very successful re-
viyal services have been conducted at the
Lakeland Methodist church under the di-
rection of Rev. Isaac Rider, of the Plant
| City and Lakeland circuit. The meetings
wild be continued during the whole of next
week and cannot but result in much good
work being done.
| Capt. E. E. Vail has been awarded the
| lease of the old custom house lot, recently
occupied by the St Augustine Hotel, for a
term of twenty years, by the Secretary of
the Treasury This will insure the inilne-
diate erection of the new four-story business
block the Captain had in contemplation,
adding fifteen new stores to the Ancient
City.
w. H. Duprey, one of the pioneers of
| Duval county, and resident and merchant
of Baldwin for twenty-five years, will leave
on June 25 for six months visit to Europe,
His wife and one other person will accom-
| poIlJ HILL Ills 10 ltuRiCJ llsO Nlclb
to that country, but says he has always de-
sired to see Paris, the native home of his
father.
| A vigorous protest was entered by the
Key West Board of Trade, at its last meet
| ing against the submission Of the Mallory
| line of steamers to the arbitrary action of
the Galveston Board of Health in forbid
| ding those vessels stopping at Key West
either in going to or returning from New
York. The Alexandra line has been invited
to come
c. c. Yonge, Jr., ESQ.,, the postmaster of
| Pensacola, last Friday received an official
order from the Post Office Department TO
begin the free delivery of mail by carriers
in that city, commencing July |. He is
instructed in an accompanying letter to
| employ four carriers and two substitutes,
the latter TO be employed in the absence of
the regular carriers.
The architects, Eaton & Hutchinson, who
have the contract for erecting the elegant
and palatial residence of Mr. Henry G. Hub
bard, at Crescent City, are progressing
finely and expect to put on the finishing
touches in few weeks. 1t is encouraging
to note the building of such costly mansions
and argues well the permanent growth and
development of our young and prominent
city.
The grand regatta to be held at st. Angus
tine, commencing on the Fourth of July.
will continue three days, and each COM
peting yacht will be obliged to sail over a
fifteen mile course each day. The race is
open to yachts from any part of the State,
and valuable money prizes will be offered.
Arrangements have also been made for
cheap excursion trains from East and South
Florida.
Saturday afternoon the Palatka police
arrested a burly negro by the name of Henry
Williamson, who was drunk on the streets,
and who proved to be one of the ugliest
customers with whom the police there have
had to deal in some time. re was so unruly
that he was put in a wagon, where it took
four men to hold him in. He yelled and
cursed all along Lemon street, and the wa ron
was followed to the lookup by quite a
crowd.
At a meeting Of the Key West Board of
Aldermen Wednesday evening, Mr.. Peter
| T. Knight introduced resolution requiring
the day police with the city prisoners, under
the immediate supervision of the City Mar
sinai, to disinfect each and every privy vault
within the infected district, by putting in
each one five pounds of copperas and one
pint of crude carbolc acid, each having
been previously dissolved in ten gallons of
water, the same to be put in through a
sprinkler. This is a movein the right direc
ton, and goes long way ahead of any
thing that has yet been done toward stamp
ing out the disease.
Arrangements were perfected Monday for
an ocean yacht race to take place Friday
next opposite Murray Hall, Pablo Beach.
This race is open 10 all competitors, and
already the well-known yacht boats Hero,
Katie B. and Cheamaun have been entered.
The course TO be sailed over is about eighteen
miles in length. The boats will start about
10 a. m. from opposite Murray Hall and go
around the red bouy and return. The first
prize is 800 and the second $50 The yacht
men of Jacksonville, st. Augustine aud
Mayport anticipate lively contest, pro-
vided the weather is favorable The rail
road company will provide coaches sufficient
TO accommodate all who desire to witness
the race.
The Jacksonville officials are making it
warm for those parties entering the city in
violation Of the quarantine regulations.
Monday w. f. Soul, one of the squad at
Baldwin, telegraphed that man giving his
name as Rhenleach who had been quaran-
tined there owing to having no certificate
had escaped and como TO Jacksonville.
Search was at once instituted and il was
learned that he visited Pablo Beach Sunday
and had returned TO the city. While
searching the hotels for him there another
| 6isnatgb cou,a Statad that ha had baa,,